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LAKEWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

LAKEWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,109 to it, the largest being P4L dba Lemonade Day ($11,009). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$322k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$14k
Net assets
$-169076
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Lakewood Chamber of Commerce does

Mission

To promote the community, provide networking opportunities, represent the interests of business with the government through political actions, create a strong local economy, build a strong chamber and business community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Engage with members to promote tourism opportunities in lakewood, wa and surrounding areas.

    $57,286 spent$111,042 earned by the program
    53% of program spending
  2. Provide general networking and learning opportunities for chamber members.

    $16,179 spent$109,539 earned by the program
    15% of program spending
  3. Promote community involvement by sponsoring activities. These include downtown holiday decorations, foot golf tournament & junk in the trunk, and other various community activities.

    $30,311 spent$85,107 earned by the program
    28% of program spending
  4. Provide scholarships to local community college students.

    $3,380 spent$8,430 earned by the program
    3% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $107,156.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($265k) Expenses 100 ($284k)2021 Revenue 110 ($292k) Expenses 104 ($296k)2022 Revenue 101 ($267k) Expenses 113 ($320k)2023 Revenue 107 ($283k) Expenses 121 ($345k)2024 Revenue 117 ($310k) Expenses 118 ($336k)2025 Revenue 122 ($322k) Expenses 117 ($333k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (122)Expenses (117)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $172k to $86k (−50%).

$159k
$172k
$86k
$48k
$54k
$40k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 25% · 2023 39% · 2024 36% · 2025 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$19k
’20
−$4k
’21
−$53k
’22
−$62k
’23
−$25k
’24
−$11k
’25
-0.2
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Tammy Faelnar

Board chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed131211787
Joined·+0+7+0+2+2
No longer listed·18413
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $7k.

From the IRS filings of LAKEWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

LAKEWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

78% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LAKEWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

78%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 80% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

LAKEWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 2 states in all.

WA
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Washington out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

32% of spending goes to programs.

Program 32%Management 68%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds LAKEWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
LAKEWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,109 to it, the largest being P4L dba Lemonade Day ($11,009). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LAKEWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $14,109 in grants to LAKEWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LAKEWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
P4L dba Lemonade Day is the largest funder on record, with $11,009 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LAKEWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing